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Mt. Ararat kicks off virtual swim season
Eagles hold first meet of unconventional season, which includes not having races in their home pool.
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The Mt. Ararat Eagles held their first virtual swim meet of the season on Thursday at the Wiscasset Community Center in Wiscasset. Eli Canfield/The Times Record
WISCASSET For the past 10 months, people all around the world have adapted to doing more things virtually. Whether it’s been working from home, or having to go to school via zoom, society has changed in some way virtually.
Now, high school swim teams are doing the same thing, holding virtual swim meets, replacing the usual in-person meets during the season.
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Missouri has the nation’s seventh-largest road system but ranks 45th in road funding, according to Missouri Senate President Dave Schatz, who has filed a bill proposing to increase the state’s gas tax for the first time since 1996.
“As our factories, farmers and small business owners begin to recover from the impact of the pandemic, we must do everything we can to ensure our state has a safe and effective system of roads and bridges,” Schatz wrote in a widely-published Wednesday op-ed. “In my opinion, our state cannot reach its true economic potential without a vibrant and robust transportation infrastructure.”
Missouri lawmakers convene 2021 session amid pandemic, DC chaos by John Haughey, The Center Square | January 07, 2021 08:30 AM Print this article
Amid an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has only intensified since it short-circuited the 2020 session last spring, the Missouri state Legislature convened its 2021 legislative session Wednesday in Jefferson City.
The 34-seat Senate swore in 11 new members Wednesday with Republicans controlling the chamber by a 24-10 margin. Sen. Dave Schatz, R-Sullivan, was reelected as Senate president for a second, two-year term.
The 163-seat Missouri House swore in 47 new members Wednesday with the GOP holding a dominating 114-49 advantage. Rep. Rob Vescovo, R-Arnold, was named as House Speaker
Maine high school swim teams prepare for a season unlike any other
Coaches will have to find creative ways to motivate swimmers, including competing in virtual meets, during pandemic.
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Bob Johnston has coached high school swimmers since the 1970s, but nothing in his career prepared him for what he’ll encounter this season.
Johnston and his Cony swim team began individualized workouts last week at the Kennebec Valley YMCA in Augusta. Johnston said the Rams have 15 swimmers this year, and with eight lanes to practice in, they can spread swimmers out to comply with COVID-19 safety guidelines.
“Last week was pretty much dedicated to what’s called ‘skills and drills,’ which was mandated to us by the MPA” Johnston said. “We coaches were on deck, we were all masked. The Y does an interesting thing, they kind of lock down the whole pool area. The kids have to come in one door, they get checked for symptoms, they get their temperatures checked when they come through